As I said, Iâm a huge fan.
So when I went to tonightâs premiere of âFriday the 13thâ at the Chinese theater in Hollywood, the one person I really wanted to interview was Michael Bay. The reason Michael was there is he runs Platinum Dunes with Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, and they produced âFridayâ - along with New Line Cinema. So I hoped he was going to walk the red carpet and maybe I could ask him a few âTransformers: Revenge of the Fallenâ questions.
For some reason, things went my way and Michael spoke to me for about 5 minutes and I asked everything I could think of. We talked about running time, will he make a third movie, how is this film different than the first one, IMAX, and how did he get permission to film at the Pyramids in Egypt!
If youâre looking forward to the sequel to âTransformersâ, I promise youâll like this interview.
Michael Bay
· He announces that heâs taken over Collider
· I ask how he was allowed to film at the Pyramids in Egypt
· I ask if they are going to use IMAX establishing shots like Chris Nolan did on Dark Knight
· He says they have done 3 scenes in IMAX
· He talks about Transformers 2 and what he likes about it â says the robots have a lot more personality and he was able to get emote much more than the first movie
· Also says itâs going to be darker and epic in scale â says the human characters go on a ride with the robots
· I ask about the running time â says right now itâs 2 hours 20 minutes but he still editing
· I ask if he will do a third Transformers movie or does he see himself doing another franchise â says he could see himself doing a third but he wants to take a year off no matter what